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CC Capsule Archive
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Curbside Capsule: 1951 Hillman Minx
Posted on February 3, 2022 | 89 Comments(first posted 2/3/2016) Looking back on photos after you have seen a CC on the street can be interesting. Parked next to this saucy old Minx is something that illustrates […] -
CC Capsule: 2000 Saturn SL – A CC In The Family
Posted on February 2, 2022 | 21 CommentsYou’re looking at my younger son’s car. Long story short, I passed my 2006 Ford Focus on to him and within a month someone ran a stop sign and put […] -
CC Capsule: 1990 Mitsubishi Galant (E30) MX-4 – The Beta Evo
Posted on January 31, 2022 | 13 CommentsGallantry may be a fading concept, but there are still some old-timey Galants about. Not nearly as many as equivalent Toyotas, Hondas or Nissans, though – this is the first […] -
Curbside Classic Capsule: Datsun B210 – It’s Been Given A New Lease On Life
Posted on January 29, 2022 | 27 CommentsWhen I saw this rather fresh-looking B210 parked behind a coffee cart on West 11th, I did a double take. Not just because B210s have become a rare sight, but […] -
CC Capsule: 1966-69 Kaiser Jeepster Commando — Beechwood, Aged
Posted on January 26, 2022 | 18 CommentsYou never know what will pop up in the yard at my mechanic’s. Seems like anytime I’m over there dropping off or picking up one of our cars, there’s something […] -
The Olson’s Chrysler Turbine Car Story – And Other Hot Links To Turbine Car “Ownership”
Posted on January 25, 2022 | 16 CommentsA while ago my mom found something that was rather interesting while looking at stuff that I might be interested in: On a old but recently updated webpage was a […] -
CC Capsule 1962 Toyota Corona – Feeling The Blues
Posted on January 20, 2022 | 8 CommentsIt was midafternoon Sunday in San Salvador. While waiting for my wife to finish some extracurricular activities I decided to go for a stroll around the block. The streets were […] -
CC Capsule: 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Rally Sport Convertible — Behind the Bar and Grill
Posted on January 19, 2022 | 19 CommentsEver since I was five, which was 50 years ago, I’ve known how to tell the model year of a first-generation Camaro. I imagine you know the signs as well. […] -
Concept Capsule: Recreationism Toyota Style
Posted on January 17, 2022 | 44 Comments(first posted 1/12/2016) Back in the early 1970s, Toyota started to put some different thinking into recreational transportation. The 1971 RV-1 was the first of a series of […] -
CC Capsule: 1995- Toyota Crown Comfort — Living Fossil
Posted on January 15, 2022 | 42 Comments(first posted 1/15/2016) Four decades is an eternity in the automobile business, with new technology and design trends constantly changing automotive design, so there are few vehicles produced today that […] -
CC Capsule: Another Plymouth Acclaim – I Met a Metaghost in Lillooet
Posted on January 6, 2022 | 31 CommentsWe drove up to Lillooet, in the rainshadow mountain desert north of Vancouver, for a few days over Thanksgiving this past October. Just before we departed for home, taking our […] -
CC Capsule: 1992 Plymouth Acclaim — The Car For Someone Who Doesn’t Care About Cars
Posted on January 6, 2022 | 57 CommentsWhen I met my colleague Elsa, she drove a white Plymouth Acclaim. She was a woman of intelligence, education, and sophistication. So the first time we went to lunch together […] -
CC Capsule: 1995 Copel Bonito (Nissan March K11) – Our Princess Is In Another Castle
Posted on January 5, 2022 | 10 CommentsIt’s getting mighty tough to find something that hasn’t had its CC post already. But for my first piece of 2022, I thought I’d do just that. Feast your ravenous […] -
Curbside Capsule: 1999 Subaru Impreza L – For My Cousin
Posted on January 4, 2022 | 18 CommentsTwenty twenty-two is here, and I’m still thinking about the holidays with memories of what they used to be like with my extended family. I have only two first cousins, […] -
CC Capsule: 1959 Chevrolet Parkwood – In Flagrante Derelicto
Posted on December 23, 2021 | 21 CommentsEven lowered to within an inch of its life, partially stripped and rusting slowly outside a small Tokyo garage, stuck next to a pile of tyres and a ravaged Nissan […]
![Curbside Capsule: 1951 Hillman Minx (first posted 2/3/2016) Looking back on photos after you have seen a CC on the street can be interesting. Parked next to this saucy old Minx is something that illustrates […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ffmfn.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 2000 Saturn SL – A CC In The Family You’re looking at my younger son’s car. Long story short, I passed my 2006 Ford Focus on to him and within a month someone ran a stop sign and put […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2000_Saturn_SL_a.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1990 Mitsubishi Galant (E30) MX-4 – The Beta Evo Gallantry may be a fading concept, but there are still some old-timey Galants about. Not nearly as many as equivalent Toyotas, Hondas or Nissans, though – this is the first […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_20210526_083211-copy.jpg)
![Curbside Classic Capsule: Datsun B210 – It’s Been Given A New Lease On Life When I saw this rather fresh-looking B210 parked behind a coffee cart on West 11th, I did a double take. Not just because B210s have become a rare sight, but […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_6264.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1966-69 Kaiser Jeepster Commando — Beechwood, Aged You never know what will pop up in the yard at my mechanic’s. Seems like anytime I’m over there dropping off or picking up one of our cars, there’s something […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/196x_Jeepster_Commando_a.jpg)
![The Olson’s Chrysler Turbine Car Story – And Other Hot Links To Turbine Car “Ownership” A while ago my mom found something that was rather interesting while looking at stuff that I might be interested in: On a old but recently updated webpage was a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/the-olson-story.jpeg)
![CC Capsule 1962 Toyota Corona – Feeling The Blues It was midafternoon Sunday in San Salvador. While waiting for my wife to finish some extracurricular activities I decided to go for a stroll around the block. The streets were […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/34622249046_9173af43b0_k.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Rally Sport Convertible — Behind the Bar and Grill Ever since I was five, which was 50 years ago, I’ve known how to tell the model year of a first-generation Camaro. I imagine you know the signs as well. […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/68_Camaro_a.jpg)
![Concept Capsule: Recreationism Toyota Style (first posted 1/12/2016) Back in the early 1970s, Toyota started to put some different thinking into recreational transportation. The 1971 RV-1 was the first of a series of […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/RV1a.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1995- Toyota Crown Comfort — Living Fossil (first posted 1/15/2016) Four decades is an eternity in the automobile business, with new technology and design trends constantly changing automotive design, so there are few vehicles produced today that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/1-Front-View.jpg)
![CC Capsule: Another Plymouth Acclaim – I Met a Metaghost in Lillooet We drove up to Lillooet, in the rainshadow mountain desert north of Vancouver, for a few days over Thanksgiving this past October. Just before we departed for home, taking our […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/c91_Acclaim_2216.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1992 Plymouth Acclaim — The Car For Someone Who Doesn’t Care About Cars When I met my colleague Elsa, she drove a white Plymouth Acclaim. She was a woman of intelligence, education, and sophistication. So the first time we went to lunch together […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/tttth.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1995 Copel Bonito (Nissan March K11) – Our Princess Is In Another Castle It’s getting mighty tough to find something that hasn’t had its CC post already. But for my first piece of 2022, I thought I’d do just that. Feast your ravenous […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_20210606_163806-copy.jpg)
![Curbside Capsule: 1999 Subaru Impreza L – For My Cousin Twenty twenty-two is here, and I’m still thinking about the holidays with memories of what they used to be like with my extended family. I have only two first cousins, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/227-1999-Subaru-Impreza-L-CC.jpg)
![CC Capsule: 1959 Chevrolet Parkwood – In Flagrante Derelicto Even lowered to within an inch of its life, partially stripped and rusting slowly outside a small Tokyo garage, stuck next to a pile of tyres and a ravaged Nissan […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/IMG_20211206_084620-copy.jpg)


